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  • overall +‎ -ed overalled (not comparable) Wearing overalls 1958, Truman Capote, chapter 9, in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Penguin, published 2008, page 58:...
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  • ball. 2010, Deborah Davis, Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball, →ISBN, page 144: One veteran ball-goer...
    528 bytes (58 words) - 21:01, 28 September 2019
  • ðe̝ kaˈloɾ/ vaga de calor f (plural vagas de calor) heatwave 2006, Truman Capote, “Summer Crossing”, in Cruceiro de verán, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN,...
    646 bytes (73 words) - 09:06, 20 October 2023
  • foot of the top, with shimmeringly brilliant white fluid […] 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood‎[2], New York: Random House, Part 2, p. 122: [The sun]...
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  • agoraphobic) Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia. 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood‎[1], New York: Random House, Part 1, p. 49: […] spaces...
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  • Night, page 67 I was like a dog with a bone, I wouldn't let go. 1994, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences...
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  • more hideola, superlative most hideola) (slang) Hideous, ugly. 1950, Truman Capote, “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, in Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Other...
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  • hubiera alojado un relato de Alberto Moravia, ni contenido un artículo de Truman Capote ni otro de Georges Simenon, ni hubiera reflexionado sobre la sobreactuación...
    1 KB (199 words) - 22:52, 1 January 2024
  • grandfathers. Picked over their possessions for the journey to the west. 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood‎[1], New York: Modern Library, published 1992, Part I...
    4 KB (385 words) - 09:59, 16 April 2024
  • not to our taste, but especially ungrateful to our feelings. 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood‎[2], New York: Random House, Part 4, p. 297: For the...
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  • the cook-house and swap them for a water-bottleful of coffee. 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood‎[2], New York: Modern Library, published 1992, Part 3...
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  • stringer for the Asahi newspapers… about meeting Diana Vreeland and Truman Capote and Judy Holiday. (sports) A person who plays on a particular string...
    4 KB (485 words) - 16:11, 18 February 2024
  • the car and said ‘Hello, patootie!’ Well, I drew myself up … 1959, Truman Capote, Observations. […], page 18: It does amuse to remember the fadeout road...
    4 KB (480 words) - 22:02, 29 March 2024
  • little compunction, we grow a little bit numb to human misery. 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood‎[2], New York: Modern Library, published 1992, Part One...
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  • participle wettened) (nonstandard, transitive) To make wet; to wet 1951, Truman Capote, The Grass Harp, Vintage Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 73: Her...
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  • spice ginger; containing that spice. a gingery broth / stir-fry 2005, Truman Capote, chapter 6, in Summer Crossing, New York: Random House: Nostalgic, gingery...
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  • the author, wit, bon vivant, self-pitier and true enchanter that was Truman Capote in this Tony-winning one-man performance […] A spellcaster, conjurer...
    6 KB (621 words) - 18:35, 5 February 2024
  • surname, after the holly tree. As a feminine given name popularized by Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's (especially the 1961 film adaptation starring...
    2 KB (277 words) - 11:37, 28 February 2024
  • Defined American Sophistication—from the Algonquin Round Table to Truman Capote’s Ball, Macmillan, →ISBN, unnumbered digital page: Even so, [Fiorello]...
    3 KB (401 words) - 18:35, 29 August 2023
  • especially as a method of flirtation when out of sight; kneesies. 1958, Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's: a short novel and three stories, page 60: We...
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